The Chanticleers, led by 15th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

They received an invitation to the new The Basketball Classic, where they defeated Maryland Eastern Shore, Florida Gulf Coast, and South Alabama to advance to the championship game where they lost to Fresno State.

They defeated Troy in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Appalachian State in the semifinals.

[2] They received a bid to the College Basketball Invitational[3] where they defeated Bryant[4] and Stetson to advance to the CBI championship game.

[7] The school hired Tallahassee Community College head coach, Zach Settembre, to replace Days.